University academic to insist "no such thing as a tree" (to foresters)
Mar 13, 2019
Summary
Dan Ridley-Ellis, the Head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, will be giving the Royal Forestry Society's Lawrence Pilling Memorial Lecture at the Worcestershire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs.
Edinburgh Napier University playing key role for structural timber throughout Europe
Mar 8, 2019
Summary
On the 19th and 20th of March, Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, will chair his first meeting as convenor of a key timber standards committee. This CEN task group TC124 WG2 TG1, plays an important role to ensure the safe grading of structural timber throughout Europe.
The role of secretary of the committee is now taken by Edinburgh Napier PhD graduate David Gil-Moreno, now at NUI Galway.
Linked Funders
Scottish Forestry
ConFor Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd
Edinburgh Napier University plays vital role for production of structural timber throughout Europe
Dec 7, 2018
Summary
Dan Ridley-Elis, head of the Centre for Wood Science an Technology at Edinburgh Napier University has been made convenor of the European Standards expert group that supports the production of graded timber, throughout Europe. David Gil-Moreno, former PhD student at Napier, and now researcher at NUI Galway, has taken over the role of secretary. TG1 reviews and approves reports for machine and visual grading of structural timber, and one very important aspect of its work is to avoid issues that could lead to unsafe grading.
TG1 is the shorthand name for CEN TC124/WG2/TG1, a task group within the CEN (European Standards) committee structure for timber structures. It consists of a panel of experts with knowledge of the correct standard procedures, and sufficient experience to be able to query potential problems. Since it is a vital matter for construction safety, the reports are thoroughly examined before they are approved. This feeds back into the standards development process, but also allows the timber industry to advance at a much faster pace than standards review can work.
Linked Funders
DAFM Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine
ConFor Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd
Associate Professor on judging panel for national structural timber awards
Jan 18, 2018
Summary
Head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, Dan Ridley-Ellis, is on the judging panel for the 2018 Structural Timber Awards.
These awards - covering several categories including social housing, new products, and buildings for education and healthcare - reflect the impressive innovation and growth within the timber industry. They are a rich vein of stunning, inspirational architectural design and engineering excellence. Entries demonstrate the construction industry’s growing confidence in the use of engineered timber - which Edinburgh Napier University has been supporting through the work of the Institute for Sustainable Construction.
Educational Visit to a Retrofit Project and Offsite Manufacturing Facility
Feb 18, 2025
Summary
Students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) have been learning first hand from the deep retrofit of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s National Retrofit Centre.
The agenda included the following:
-1hr tour of ‘A-Lab’ (the building being retrofit) including a chat with the contractors carrying out the works.
-40 min tour of ‘Z-Lab’ (working offsite manufacturing facility + various demonstrator builds and products)
-20 min group discussion/ summary / reflections on what’s been learned – One of our former AT students will be hosting the visit. He kindly offered to answer any questions students might have about life after graduation as an AT In general.
